Meet some of the Richland One School District students who are part of Project SEARCH in the Midlands in this short video from WLTX. Instead of attending regular classes, the students selected for Project SEARCH have spent their last year of high school doing unpaid internships at Embassy Suites. They have become immersed in the work environment and learned a variety of transferable job skills.

In partnership with the VR Greenville office and the Greenville County School District, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System recently graduated its first group of Project SEARCH interns.

Watch video of the graduation and read more about Project SEARCH at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System at both WSPA.com and WYFF4.com.

Project SEARCH is an international school-to-work program model that provides high school students with disabilities internship opportunities in a work environment, with the ultimate goal of competitive employment.

Aron Gilliam, Elizabeth Gonzalez, La-Keisha Logan, Trenton Pate and Dillon Worley were recognized for being the first class of Project SEARCH graduates from AnMed Health during a ceremony on June 11 at Westside High School in Anderson.

Project SEARCH is an international school-to-work program that places high school students with disabilities into a work environment, with the ultimate goal of competitive employment. It combines classroom instruction, career exploration, and hands-on training.